Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

That wasn't my question. My question was, was this power available to the Australian Building and Construction Commission? To preface that, I started at the beginning by saying that we had asked a number of questions in relation to the transfer of powers from the ABCC to the Fair Work Ombudsman. I'm not interested in what the Fair Work Commission can or can't do. That's the current rule; I understand. I'm talking about the fact that today or tomorrow morning we will formally abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission. They operate under a specific piece of legislation. I'm asking the questions very genuinely. As I said to Senator Watt last night and again this morning, these are important questions of statutory interpretation. So I'm only dealing with the powers the Australian Building and Construction Commission had, and whether or not they transfer over to the Fair Work Ombudsman. What other bodies may or may not be able to do is the current situation. My questions are in relation to the transfer of powers from the ABCC under the BCIIP Act to the Fair Work Ombudsman.